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Elon has a huge conflict of interest here. Much of the supply chain for Tesla (and EVs in general) are sourced through Russia. Lithium, nickel, copper, cobalt.

Elon has a huge conflict of interest here. Much of the supply chain for Tesla (and EVs in general) are sourced through Russia. Lithium, nickel, copper, cobalt. Even second order resources like neon (used for lasers and chip manufacturing). His businesses need Russia to stay afloat in the medium-term.

mlindner 4y ago
> Much of the supply chain for Tesla (and EVs in general) are sourced through Russia. Lithium, nickel, copper, cobalt. This is simply false. Russia is not a major exporter of any of those, Lithium especially. You could make that argument about China maybe because they're involved in the refinement chain, but certainly not Russia. A few seconds on OEC world would show how off you are. Cobalt ore: https://oec.world/en/visualize/tree_map/hs92/export/show/all/52605/2020/ https://oec.world/en/visualize/tree_map/hs92/export/show/all... Lithium carbonates: https://oec.world/en/visualize/tree_map/hs92/export/show/all/6283691/2020/ https://oec.world/en/visualize/tree_map/hs92/export/show/all... Nickel ore: https://oec.world/en/visualize/tree_map/hs92/export/show/all/52604/2020/ https://oec.world/en/visualize/tree_map/hs92/export/show/all... Copper ore: https://oec.world/en/visualize/tree_map/hs92/export/show/all/52603/2020/ https://oec.world/en/visualize/tree_map/hs92/export/show/all...